Article-holding clip



March 13, 1928. 1,662,175

, v. THORNE ARTICLE HOLDING CLIP Filed June 15, 1927 lnvenfor ViolaThorns E" Mm-m,91

Patented Mar. 13, 1928. a I 1,662,1'15

UNITED STAT ES PATE NT OFFICE.

VIOLA riioRn-E, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, AS$IGNOR or 1\'. E-I2ZALI:TOROMAN- r. GLOCHESKI, or RAND narrns'memeniv.

ARTICLE-HOLDING onrr; I

Application filed. June 13, 1927. Serial No. 198,479.

This invention relates to an article holdthe section 5 is ofsemi-circular form and iiig clip which is of very simple construc' thatit and the lower edges of thehead 7 tion, cheaply made, easily attachedto a are flush so that no pro]e ctions extend from vertical support andwhich may be utilized the lower end of thespring member of the to holdmany and various types of articles, clip on which clothing might becaught. 60 the article being inserted in theclip by an The article to beretained by the clip is upward movement of said article between attachedby forcing its upper edge upwardly the gripping heads which are used tohold between the heads 6 and the spring niemth ti l ber yielding topermit this and the heads 10 The invention is fully set forth in the 6and 7 gr pping the article on opposite 5 f ll i description taken inconnect on sides. It will further be noted that there with theaccompanying drawing, in which, is a space above the heads 6 and?between Fi 1 i a id l ti f th li the base l and the sections 4 and 5 ofthe Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, and spring member, large enoughto receive the Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the le edg q an e, us 18 p es n 70 li d an ti l h ld th by, many times in hats, whereby theclip is Like reference characters refer to like apable of holding anarticle of this ty Parts in the different figures oi": the draw- Well asthose that are fiat or have fiat 0' ec ges.

20 ln the construction, a base plate 1 of This clip is of particularutility at theatres '75 metal is provided through which, at each he 1116 b ing attached tothe backs of end, an opening 2 is made for thepassage seats. The smooth and hard surfaces of f Screws or i il f t i di h the heads 6 and 7 and their semi-spherical b it may b tt h d t a til t, for n render it comparatively easy to move an Such as a back of at, a 11 or th article upward between them. The absence 80 Convenientsupport. 01' any downwardly or outwardly pro ecting A i t d d Connectedith th b extens ons to the spring member below the i a member f Spring tl i i head 7 avoids any danger of catchingof three sections 3, 4 and 5.The upper sec- Clothes the tion 3 lies flat against the upper end por-I11 g- 3 the p llhlshffl-lled hold- 3 tion of the base 1 and ispermanently se- 1 8; hat The i l 15 not llmlthd to l cured thereto andlikewise has an opening g hats but p c y y art c e Which which comesinto conjunction with the upcan be passed between the heads 6 and peropening 2 through the base 1. The iny held, h flccfmht ng taken 0t 35terinediate section 4 is bent outwardly and the Welght f y article thatIt hall n 90 downwardly at an acute angle to the base so heavy a to h hf 11Ct10I1i 11 while the lower terminal and free section 5 p 0f h 6 andlaga'lnst Thls is bent from the lower edge of section l to constlfuctlonof 1? h Pr p l l y t d ti ll downward, practical and satistactory. Theinvent on,

40 O th b i d t th inner id d s defined in the claims appended heretoand 95 lower end of the section 5 gripping heads 15 to be Consldered P GQW of 79111 6 d 7 respectively are permanently forms of structure comingwithin their cured. These heads are substantially of p semi-sphericalform and are of metal hav- I Chum} ing smooth and hard surfaces. Thespring 1- A 01 p 0f the class described, compris- 100 material of themember attached to the base ing a vertically positioned base of metal, ai normally causes the two heads to bear with spring metal memberattached at its upper some force against each other. end to said baseand having an intermediate The clip as thus made, as previously sectionextending outwardly and downstated, may be attached to a verticalsupport wardly away from said base and a lower ter- 105 by screws, suchas indicated at 8 in Fig. 8, minal free section extending verticallyinserted through the openings 2. When downward from said lower end ofthe interthus attached the article to be held may be mediate section,the lower end of said termiinserted vertically between the heads 6 andnal section being of semi-circular form, and

7. It will be noted that the lower end of heads of hard smooth surfacematerial sub- 1 in her attached at one end to said base and having itsother end spaced away from the base and two heads of hard, smoothsurface material semi-spherical in form attached one to the base and oneto the spaced away end of the spring member and normally bearingagainst: each other, the end of the spring member and the surface of thehead attached thereto being flush with each other.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

VIOLA THORNE.

